December 6, 1991: Terry Gordy & Steve Williams won the annual Real World Tag Team Tournament in Tokyo..

World Championship Wrestling:

June 16, 1992 – Clash of the Champions 19: Steve Williams and Terry Gordy defeated Jeff and Larry O’Day in the 1st round. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy defeated The Steiner Brothers in the quarter-finals.

June 20, 1992 – Beach Blast: WCW world tag team champions The Steiner Brothers vs. Terry Gordy and Steve Williams ended in a time limit draw to retain the titles.

July 12, 1992 – The Great American Bash: Steve Williams and Terry Gordy defeated Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat in the semi-finals. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy defeated Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes to win the tournament and vacant NWA world tag team titles.

December 28, 1992 – Starrcade: Steve Williams and Sting defeated Erik Watts and Jushin Thunder Liger to qualify for the battle bowl. Steve Williams was in the battle bowl battle royal won by The Great Muta. WCW world heavyweight champion Ron Simmons defeated Steve Williams to retain the title.

September 2008: Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, at 48, has decided to retire from active wrestling..

December 29, 2009: Steve Williams passed away at the age of 49 after a very long battle with cancer..

Dave Meltzer wrote (On December 30): We are sorry to report the death of Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, an international star who was considered one of the top wrestlers in the world during the late 80’s and early 90’s, after a lengthy battle with cancer.Williams, known in his heyday as one of the physically toughest men ever to compete in the industry, was 49. He passed away last night. He had been battling the disease for a number of years, first apparently beating it even with great odds against him. It came back this year and his health had worsened in the last few months.

Williams formed two of the world’s best tag teams with the late Terry Gordy and with Ted DiBiase Sr., as well as a notable team with current WWE Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis. He was in particular a major star in the 90’s for All Japan Pro Wrestling. He was recruited into pro wrestling by Bill Watts and was the 1982 Rookie of the Year.

Watts discovered him at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a star lineman on the football team and a four-time All-American heavyweight wrestler. Many of his peers in wrestling over the years had believed if he had not played college football and concentrated on wrestling, that he would have been a strong candidate for an Olympic gold medal in 1984 or 1988.